There are no reported cases of people getting sick from eating the ground beef.

The FSIS said in a news release issued Wednesday that whole cuts of beef were produced at the XL Foods plant on the same production dates as the suspected tainted ground beef.

The meat cuts were used by a U.S. manufacturer to make other food products, which have not been identified.

Also Wednesday, Alberta Health Service officials announced that four people in Edmonton got sick from E. coli after eating Kirkland brand strip loin steaks purchased at a Costco outlet in Edmonton.

The CFIA said the meat the steaks were made from came from the XL Foods plant, but health officials aren't sure if the E. coli was on the product or if it came from a metal meat tenderizing machine used at the Costco store.

Cows are slaughtered at XL Foods Inc. plant in Brooks, Alta. Beef slaughtered that day will later be recalled.

Beef processed at the Brooks facility on these days is later recalled.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is alerted by U.S. officials that beef from the Brooks plant has tested positive for E. coli bacteria. An investigation begins.

Four consumers who bought Kirkland Signature brand strip loin grilling steaks from Edmonton Costco at 13650 50th St. N.E. later become ill.

A Calgary girl, 4, is hospitalized for symptoms caused by E. coli bacteria.

Four in Edmonton who ate Kirkland strip loin steak seek medical for symptoms of E. coli poisoning. Two went to hospital but all four are recovering.

The CFIA issues their first warning, telling people not to eat, sell or serve 26 ground beef/ground-beef products sold at several major stores because they “may be contaminated with E. coli.” Although XL Foods Inc. voluntarily issued the recall, no reported illnesses have been linked to this recall.

55 more ground beef and ground-beef products are added to the list of products recalled across Canada. All were manufactured at the XL plant in Brooks, Alta.

The United States Food Safety and Inspection Service issues a public-health alert, while the CFIA adds another 37 products to the recall.

Another 47 products are added to the recall.

Another 10 products are added to the recall.

An in-depth review uncovers “several deficiencies” during an investigation into the Brooks facility.

- 60 products to the Canadian recall.
- U.S. recalls products in California, Oregon, Michigan, Nebraska, Utah, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.
- Alberta Health Services (AHS) investigate a total of eight E. coli cases - four in Edmonton, three in Calgary and one in central Alberta. The tests confirm Edmonton patients were infected by E. coli-tainted steaks bought at Costco. The CFIA is notified about the test results.

- The CFIA recalls Kirkland steaks packaged and sold September 4-7 from the Edmonton Costco.
- It is confirmed the steaks were processed by XL Foods Inc. in Brooks.
- Costco stores are asked by top doctors to stop using a meat-tenderizing machine that could potentially move E. coli bacteria from the surface of the meat to the centre.
- Ten states are now affected by the The United States Food Safety and Inspection Service recall.

AHS investigates a fourth case of E. coli in Calgary. AHS is investigating what caused E. coli poisoning in the Calgary patient and the central Alberta patient.

The Canadian Cattlemen's Association says it's possible federal regulators will clear the XL Foods beef plant to resume operations by next week but the real challenge will be getting U.S. to accept beef exports from the plant again.

The beef recall expanded to Co-Op, Metro and Walmart stores in Canada.

The beef recall gets expanded to include dozens of cuts of meat.

Alberta Premier Alison Redford says Alberta beef is safe and that the province breeds a high quality product with the highest standards possible.

The Liberals and the NDP gang up on the Conservative government over the safety of Canada's meat supply.

Beef recall is expanded again. This time to include dozens of additional products including roasts and sausages.

The XL Foods beef recall gets expanded to B.C. More than 20 B.C. retail chains pull beef products from their shelves as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency continues to expand the recall from the plant.

The XL foods beef recall becomes the biggest beef recall in Canadian history.

XL Foods finally breaks silence, issuing a press release in which they took responsibility for the circumstances that led to the recalls. Not much was made available in terms of explanation or courses of action. Meanwhile, the recall is expanded yet again.

Workers at the XL plant in Brooks speak out and what they have to say is not pretty. They describe high output demands, low staffing levels of disgusting hygiene issues. Meanwhile, the CFIA says the plant failed to maintain or update it's E. coli plan.

Five new E. coli cases are linked to the tainted meat. Recall expands again.

The beef recall, the largest in Canadian history, got much bigger with meats being pulled off shelves in Hong Kong.

Federal inspectors begin a detailed assessment of the Brooks XL Foods Plant. The investigation would last weeks.

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Meanwhile, the union at the plant said it was a case of greed over health that led to the massive recall and claim the plant is nowhere near safe.

A partial reopening of the plant is considered and Alberta Premier Alison Redford rejects calls for a provincial inquiry into the recall.

The U.S. announces it will audit the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, as Quebec E. coli cases are linked to the Alberta plant and new E. coli cases are confirmed in B.C.

2,000 workers at the XL Foods plant in Brooks are temporarily laid off.

800 of the 2,000 workers temporarily laid off the day before are recalled so that CFIA can continue its investigation in the plant.

JBS USA announce they're taking over the management of the plant and reserve the option to purchase XL Foods. Earlier that day, workers at the plant were laid off again, as the recall of beef products expands yet again.

Also on the 17th, B.C. residents announce their intent to sue XL Foods over E. coli-tainted meat, as Brooks declares itself in a state of crisis due to the thousands of workers, many of them of foreign origin and of modest means, are left without income and in need of services.

JBS USA announces it intends to work with the union and the community to fix the conditions in the plant that led to the massive beef recalls.

The CFIA announces that some of the meat stored in warehouses after the recalls may end up on your dinner table once the recalls end. Meanwhile, remaining carcasses at the plant test negative for E. coli.

Tons of meant from the XL Foods plant is tossed into Alberta landfills.

Former XL Foods manager says CFIA inspectors require better training. Later that afternoon, it is announced that all workers would return to the plant on Oct. 29 for further training and to partially reopen the beleaguered plant.

JBS CEO Bill Rupp addressed the Brooks plant, the community and the media and vowed that safety at the plant would be the number one priority, adding the culture at the plant would change for the better.

Production at the XL Foods plant in Brooks resumes for the first time since E. Coli tainted meat from the plant resulted in the largest Canadian beef recall in history.

R-CALF, a U.S. ranchers lobby group, asks U.S. courts to block the possible sale of the Brools XL Foods plant to JBS USA, which is at the time managing the plant but which has reserved the option to buy the Alberta facility, as well as some U.S. plants. (Getty)

Another case of E. coli is linked to the XL Foods Inc. plant in Alberta.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the case was in Quebec, bringing the total number of confirmed cases across the country to 17.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency discloses that its staff observed a number of problems at XL Foods the previous week, as the plant worked to get back to normal operations.
They included meat areas that weren't adequately cleaned and water sanitizer that wasn't maintained at a high enough temperature.

The total number of e-coli cases across the country linked to the XL Foods Brooks plant climbs to 18.
The Public Health Agency of Canada said the new case is in Alberta.

XL Foods beef re-enters the market place for the first time since all operations were halted at the Alberta, following the discovery that e-coli tainted meat was found to have entered the food chain.

A four-year-old memo uncovered by CTV directs inspectors at the XL Foods plant in Brooks to ignore contamination on beef destined for Canadian markets.

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz dismisses memo directing food inspectors to ignore contamination on beef destined for Canadian markets, saying contaminants would be dealt with down the line. However, critics point out the memo refers to the last station on the line.

The Brooks plant is given the green light to resume the exportation of beef products to the U.S.